094: 10 Rules for Your First HYROX

Think your first HYROX is about fitness? It's not. It's about not making the 10 mistakes everyone makes.Ben and Jackson run through the 10 things that will actually get you through your first HYROX, then Jackson opens the book on 3 years of racing. He's taken 10 minutes off his solo Pro time, from 1:10 down to 60 minutes, and none of it came from just training harder. The mistakes, the learnings, and how our training has changed as the sport, and our understanding of it, has evolved.Inside the episode:The 10 things we wish someone told us before our first raceWhy your first HYROX is won in the plan, not on the dayJackson's 3-year journey from 1:10 to 60 minutes in solo ProThe mistakes that cost us the most, pacing, station strategy, and compromised runningHow HYROX training in 2026 looks nothing like it did 3 years agoWhat we'd do differently if we were starting from scratch todayLinks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- Become a founding Sparkie Member⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1:1 Coaching with Coach Jackson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram⁠⁠